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that way. We are very particular to place our stami- 
nates a greater distance from the pistillates: if 30 feet 
to 60 feet off, it is better. The bees and wind carry 
the pollen, and opposite sides of the garden, if the dis- 
tance is 100 feet, will, we think, be found near enough 
to answer the same purpose. Neither would we allow 
pistillates, such as Hovey’s Seedling and Burr’s New 
Pine, to run together, but be very particular to keep 
each kind distinct and apart. We think it is Mr. 
Longworth who has stated, that if we place a single 
staminate plant, like the Large Harly Scarlet, in the 
centre of a productive bed of a pure pistillate variety, 
in less than two or three years, that one plant will 
drive every good fruit-bearing plant out of the bed. 
This is one reason why so many strawberry beds 
fail after the first bearing season; so we repeat in the 
strongest manner, get pure plants—difficult, we know 
—and on no account permit any two kinds to run to- 
gether ; place boards on edge between them, or in some 
way protect them from each other. 
After this episode on a very practical point, we may 
be permitted to say, there are strawberry plants we 
call staminate, because they exhibit to the eye very 
distinct stamens. Our plate will illustrate this. 
Another kind we call pistillate, because the naked 
eye can discover developed in the blossom only the 
pistils. Most of our intelligent horticulturists assure 
